Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...consensus on these parties seems to be that they can be a lot of fun as long as one does not get caught up in the prospect that they are meant to showcase women and find them husbands in a certain social stratum. Emily '00 (not the author) was somewhat pleasantly surprised with the deb balls she attended: "They were really beautiful and a lot of fun. Although they were silly because people seemed to have lost their sense of reality, there was a much more interesting mix of people than I expected. I would have thought the crowd would...
Indeed, that is a large squad to be facing a somewhat green group of Crimson big men. Junior Bill Ewing (6'9") will start in the center spot for the Crimson. Seniors Paul Fisher (6'8") and captain Mike Scott (6'4") will fill Harvard's other two starting forward positions...
...series is indicative of the frustrated, sloppy and desperate manner in which Penn played the game. After mishandling the fundamental kickoff return, the Quakers tried a gimmicky, deceptive halfback pass. That play having failed, the Harvard defense could not help but believe that it was facing a somewhat worried opponent grasping for straws before the game even started...
Only two of the songs on the album, "Big City" and "Tear it Up," come close to expressing the energy characteristic of ska. Though somewhat subdued by comparison to the work of other bands, the tunes have, at least, enough of a bouncy quality to make them passably diverting in spite of their incredibly repetitive lyrics. Take these two songs, reduce their lengths by a third, add some meaningful lyrics, and "Big City" and "Tear it Up" will be lively enough to be worth listening to. But then, the songs will also be closer to the mainstream of ska than...
...high points occur in some of the instrumentals. "Jesse Jackson" features an interesting and somewhat exotic melody for the baritone saxophone. While the song is repetitive and the lyrics extraneous, this saxophone theme is somewhat expressive and thus worth hearing...